PRAIRIEVIEW PRESERVE

Prairieview Preserve is a 10 acre field that borders the east side of Rose Hill Memorial Gardens and has been designated for green burial.  It has been planted with native prairie grasses and native flowers. It has been GPS platted to help families locate loved ones. Vaults and embalming are not permitted but biodegradable caskets are available through the cemetery office or our funeral home.

Green Burial

What is Green Burial??

Green Burial, or Natural Burial, ensure the burial site remains as natural as possible in all respects.  Interment of the body is done in a biodegradable casket with no embalming fluid, and no vault.

Why have Green Burial??

It is clear that nature has intended that our bodies be reunited with the earth.  All organisms that have lived, have died and return to the soil only to be recycled into new life.  Constant microbial activity in the soil breaks everything down.  Nature creates no waste.  Everything is recycled.

In keeping with your personal values, a natural burial site for you, family, and even pets, promotes growth of native trees, shrubs and wildflowers, in turn bringing birds and other wildlife to the area.  Water is not used, nor are pesticides or herbicides used to control nature.  Instead, a green cemetery allows nature to take its course.  Planting native trees, shrubs or flowers, in your loved ones honor promotes habitat restoration.  To encourage land preservation, a green cemetery grants a conservation easement to the burial site.